The glowing eyes remind me so much of Sung Jinwoo vs Beru in Solo Leveling S2. Though yeah, I know the fights here won't be like Solo Leveling
At this point I'm thinking that all Spirits are just crazy masochists and that's the reason they've let stuff get so bad.
One hurricane blast and they're in the next town, easy win. The serious pro-slavery views of the humans and the 2 free spirits is really offputting here.
I know it's hard to accept, but slavery and the silent suffrage of their peasantry / lower castes has been part of their cultural heritage since it was recorded. So no, those deeply ingrained aspects of their culture won't be changing any time soon no matter how much the rest of the world views them as strange and or offencive.as much as I hate it and will probably always rant about it, I've also learned that Japan just doesn't understand. Whether it's the fault of education or just a lack of social/cultural history with the topic (in the particularly bad way that makes it something to address) or that Japan sometimes seems to more easily get swept along in the "let's just ignore the bad things in our past because we don't want to feel bad about our history" attitude that lots of countries dip their toes into, or just the fact that so many modern manga use it as a plot device that it's desensitized people to actually considering how gross it is, they're just going to forever treat acceptance of slavery as anything from "well that's just the culture of this place" to "lol, isn't it cute and kinda backwards" to "but it's so heartwarming to see the slaves that love their master and refuse to be set free."
Story-wise this won’t ‘fully' go away till we reach the fire kingdom since they on all accounts should still think he’s dead, but seems like it’s on the cusp of changing. I think it’s going to change because 1. We have finally been given a concrete “number” for Univas’ public perception due to the machine. 2. Warswamp should be returning to the capital in-universe-time and can make comments on how great Univas is. And 3. They went out of their way to “make it official... recorded forever in the guild”.Theoretically I like the characters in this, I just wish the author would find another story to tell besides the same one we've repeated in like 3-5 chapter mini-arcs since the beginning of "everyone thinks Univas is incompetent. They mistreat him. He shows them they're wrong. they either get their comeuppance (if they're evil/dickheads) or repent (if they're just misguided). Rinse and repeat."
It's going to be the same here. Univas is going to beat this guy because he's a douche, save the other spirits, and the guild spirit girl is going to realize he's worth respecting. Then we go to the next town and start all over again.
nah, of course he gonna free them cuz REASONSI swear MC will once again not punish him cuz REASONS.
BUT TAKE AWAY ALL HIS SPIRITS, PLEASE.![]()